[うた, uta] (n) (1) (歌, 唄 only) (唄 is primarily used for shamisen songs) song; (2) (歌 only) (See 短歌) classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); (3) (歌, 詩 only) modern poetry; (P) #610
[ざ, za] (n, n-suf) (1) seat; place; position; (2) status; (3) gathering; group; (4) stand; pedestal; platform; (5) (historical) trade guild; (suf) (6) attaches to the names of theatres, theatrical troupes, and constellations; (suf, ctr) (7) (See 里神楽) counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs; (P) #1135
[しゅ, shu] (ctr) counter for songs and poems #2551
[おんど, ondo] (n) (1) (See 音頭を取る・おんどをとる) leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes; (2) workmen's songs; marching songs; (P) #11688
[うたひめ, utahime] (n) songstress; diva; (P) #17130
[しょうせつ, shousetsu] (n) (1) undulating melodic ornamentation or embellishment, esp. in folk and popular songs; (2) unit of timber measurement #19194
[しょうか, shouka] (n, vs) singing; songs; (P) #19428
[chikurusu ; tsuikurusu] (n) cycle (e.g. of songs) (ger
[おんぎょく, ongyoku] (n) songs with samisen accompaniment; musical performance
[うたがき, utagaki] (n) (arch) gathering of men and women who sang courtship songs to each other and danced; dancing and singing feast of young men and women in ancient Japan